It\’s been 44 years since the first published report of a rumor that Beatle Paul McCartney was dead. In this digital age, we asked journalism experts how the \”Paul is dead\” story might have played out if Twitter existed at the time.

The Beatles\’ album released 45 years ago features a cover
with a collage of famous
personalities and celebrities: Karl Marx, Edgar
Allan Poe, Marilyn Monroe,
Muhammad Ali and, of course, the band front-and-center.